NHC AL021857 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1857
September 6, 1857 – September 18, 1857
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1857 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 169 US cities, 119 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1857 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1857 (AL021857) from September 6, 1857 to September 18, 1857; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 13 at 104 mph (Category 2), 5 miles from Southport, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 169 US cities, in 3 states, most in North Carolina (132) and South Carolina (19). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 5 miles from Southport, NC; the centre came closest to Grandy, NC, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 169
- At hurricane strength
- 119
- States
- 3
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1857 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (132)
- SouthportCategory 2 · 5 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 2 · 7 mi
- BoliviaCategory 2 · 13 mi
- SupplyCategory 2 · 18 mi
- ShallotteCategory 2 · 22 mi
- Ocean Isle BeachCategory 2 · 24 mi
- Sunset BeachCategory 2 · 27 mi
- AshCategory 2 · 30 mi
- CalabashCategory 2 · 31 mi
- NakinaCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Tabor CityCategory 2 · 49 mi
- WhitevilleCategory 2 · 49 mi
- ChadbournCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Lake WaccamawCategory 2 · 41 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 2 · overhead
- Kure BeachCategory 2 · overhead
- WinnabowCategory 2 · 10 mi
- BoltonCategory 2 · 34 mi
- BladenboroCategory 2 · 62 mi
- DelcoCategory 2 · 27 mi
- RiegelwoodCategory 2 · 31 mi
- ClarktonCategory 2 · 53 mi
- WilmingtonCategory 2 · 7 mi
- LelandCategory 2 · 17 mi
- Wrightsville BeachCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Castle HayneCategory 2 · 13 mi
- CurrieCategory 2 · 26 mi
- ElizabethtownCategory 2 · 57 mi
- AtkinsonCategory 2 · 33 mi
- Rocky PointCategory 2 · 16 mi
- HarrellsCategory 2 · 46 mi
- GarlandCategory 2 · 54 mi
- HampsteadCategory 1 · 4 mi
- BurgawCategory 1 · 22 mi
- WillardCategory 1 · 33 mi
- Holly RidgeCategory 1 · 2 mi
- RoseboroCategory 1 · 65 mi
- AutryvilleCategory 1 · 72 mi
- WallaceCategory 1 · 32 mi
- TeacheyCategory 1 · 35 mi
- Rose HillCategory 1 · 38 mi
- MagnoliaCategory 1 · 42 mi
- ClintonCategory 1 · 58 mi
- SalemburgCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Maple HillCategory 1 · 15 mi
- WarsawCategory 1 · 47 mi
- Newton GroveCategory 1 · 70 mi
- BeulavilleCategory 1 · 30 mi
- KenansvilleCategory 1 · 40 mi
- FaisonCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 1 · 1 mi
- Midway ParkCategory 1 · 2 mi
- Tarawa TerraceCategory 1 · 5 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 1 · 8 mi
- RichlandsCategory 1 · 20 mi
- Mount OliveCategory 1 · 54 mi
- HubertCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Pink HillCategory 1 · 33 mi
- SwansboroCategory 1 · 9 mi
and 72 more
South Carolina (19)
- Little RiverCategory 2 · 33 mi
- North Myrtle BeachCategory 2 · 34 mi
- LongsCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Surfside BeachCategory 2 · 45 mi
- Myrtle BeachCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Murrells InletCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Pawleys IslandCategory 2 · 49 mi
- LorisCategory 2 · 51 mi
- ConwayCategory 2 · 54 mi
- Green SeaCategory 2 · 58 mi
- GeorgetownCategory 2 · 60 mi
- AynorCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Galivants FerryCategory 2 · 66 mi
- NicholsCategory 2 · 66 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleCategory 2 · 67 mi
- HemingwayCategory 2 · 69 mi
- GreshamCategory 2 · 73 mi
- MullinsCategory 2 · 74 mi
- Lake ViewCategory 2 · 74 mi
Virginia (18)
- Virginia BeachTropical storm · 40 mi
- ChesapeakeTropical storm · 42 mi
- PortsmouthTropical storm · 48 mi
- NorfolkTropical storm · 48 mi
- SuffolkTropical storm · 53 mi
- HamptonTropical storm · 60 mi
- CarrolltonTropical storm · 60 mi
- FranklinTropical storm · 62 mi
- WindsorTropical storm · 62 mi
- PoquosonTropical storm · 66 mi
- SmithfieldTropical storm · 66 mi
- ZuniTropical storm · 66 mi
- Cape CharlesTropical storm · 67 mi
- Newport NewsTropical storm · 67 mi
- YorktownTropical storm · 69 mi
- CourtlandTropical storm · 70 mi
- SeafordTropical storm · 70 mi
- Fort EustisTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1857 season
- Unnamed (AL041857)Category 2 · 40 cities
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.